The Last of Us: Part II news and interesting facts (2)

Paul Wozniak, 01 July 2020, 16:28

After a wave of negative opinions about The Last of Us: Part II, which flooded the Internet some time ago, the average of ratings given by Metacritic users is slowly growing. The number of user reviews has already exceeded 100 thousand.

Bart Swiatek, 30 June 2020, 15:26

During a podcast hosted by Reggie Fils-Aimé, the director of The Last of Us: Part II - Neil Druckmann - addressed the issue of Internet hate on the part of some players and how in his opinion criticism exceeds the limits of good taste in some situations.

Paul Wozniak, 26 June 2020, 21:03

Sony has just boasted of The Last of Us: Part II sales. Just two days after its release the game sold several million copies.

Adrian Werner, 26 June 2020, 15:32

Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann informed that there are no plans to create DLCs for The Last of Us: Part 2. We probably won't get a multiplayer mode either.

Paul Wozniak, 24 June 2020, 16:36

In an extensive interview, Neil Druckmann, vice-president of Naughty Dog, talked about the work on the third installment of The Last of Us. According to him, creating this game would be a big challenge and for now he does not know what it could look like.

Karol Laska, 23 June 2020, 12:58

Craig Mazin, the screenwriter of the acclaimed HBO series Chernobyl and co-writer of the TV adaptation of TLOU, revealed his positive opinion of The Last of Us Part II. He defines the title as a great narrative achievement.

Bart Swiatek, 22 June 2020, 14:54

Roger Clark - actor known from Red Dead Redemption 2 - praised facial animations in The Last of Us: Part II. Thanks to a response from one of the devs at Naughty Dog, we learned that the system developed by animator Keith Paciello plays an important role in the final effect. It allows for automatical adjusting of animations to the emotions felt by the characters.

Paul Wozniak, 21 June 2020, 16:50

A video appeared on the ElAnalistaDeBits YouTube channel, where the authors compared the city of Seattle in The Last of Us 2 to the reality. The video shows well-known places such as the courthouse or the main library.

Adrian Werner, 19 June 2020, 12:01

The Last of Us: Part 2, a sequel to Naughty Dog's acclaimed hit and one of the last big PS4 exclusives, has launched to overwhelmingly positive expert reviews.

Adrian Werner, 12 June 2020, 15:29

First reviews of The Last of Us: Part II have been published. The game delighted almost all editors of industry media and is a strong candidate for the game of the year title.

Michael Kulakowski, 09 June 2020, 21:46

In an extensive coverageon the development process of The Last of Us: Part II, the game's director, Neil Druckmann, did not rule out a third installment of the series. The dev also gave a reason why he decided to develop a direct sequel after the strong and critically acclaimed finale of the first The Last of Us.

Bart Swiatek, 09 June 2020, 13:15

According to reports from GearNuke, the first patch for The Last of Us: Part II will add a photo mode and tool for viewing character models to the game. The patch will take up about 4 GB.

Jacob Blazewicz, 07 June 2020, 21:54

Gene Park from the Washington Park newspaper mentioned The Last of Us Part: II in a Twitter post. The new game from Naughty Dog has increased the noise emitted the journalist's PlayStation 4 Pro so much that the console managed to jam the air conditioner.

Bart Swiatek, 05 June 2020, 11:22

In a Twitter post, singer Lotte Kestner accused Naughty Dog of illegally using her version of True Faith in the trailer of The Last of Us: Part II. The cover contains fragments that are not in the original song.

Michael Kulakowski, 03 June 2020, 18:52

Two weeks before the game's official release, Sony has published a new trailer for The Last of Us 2, in which we will see some dramatic moments from the life of the main character.

Matthias Pawlikowski, 01 June 2020, 15:11

Before the game's launch, we managed to meet Halley Gross, co-writer of TLoU 2, and talk to her about the topics the new game from Naughty Dog will revolve around.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 01 June 2020, 13:57

A comparison of details from the demo material of the upcoming The Last of Us 2 has been published on YouTube. NX Gamer specialists compared earlier videos from the game and those published recently. Let's see how much the game has changed.

Agnes Adamus, 27 May 2020, 23:02

Today, a new episode of State of Play wasstreamed, entirely dedicated to The Last of Us 2. The published materials include an 8-minute gameplay that had not been presented before and a commentary by Neil Druckmann, Vice President of Naughty Dog.

Jacob Blazewicz, 25 May 2020, 21:13

Sony has announced another presentation of The Last of Us: Part II. As part of upcoming State of Play we will see, among others, a new gameplay.

Jacob Blazewicz, 20 May 2020, 22:01

Naughty Dog has published another presentation of The Last of Us: Part II. The material does not show much new, but it should enables us to last until the game's release.

Milosz Szubert, 06 May 2020, 12:28

Today, at 7 AM PDT, the new trailer of The Last of Us: Part II will have its release. The long-awaited continuation of the 2013 game from Naughty Dog will debut on June 19 on PlayStation 4.

Adrian Werner, 05 May 2020, 11:43

Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog informed that work on The Last of Us: Part 2 has been completed. We will be able to play the game next month.

Adrian Werner, 04 May 2020, 13:51

We learned more about the videos from The Last of Us: Part 2 that were recently leaked. Much suggests that hackers who used the keys from Naughty Dog's earlier games to get to the TLoU2 movies are responsible for this.

Bart Woldanski, 01 May 2020, 21:02

We learned that neither employees of Sony Interactive Entertainment nor Naughty Dog are responsible for the leak of multiple spoiler videos from The Last of Us: Part II.

Milosz Szubert, 30 April 2020, 12:35

We found out how much disk space The Last of Us: Part II will take. In the physical version, the latest game of Naughty Dog will be available on two discs.

Agnes Adamus, 27 April 2020, 21:23

Sony has announced new release dates for two upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusives - The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima. Both will be released early this summer.

Milosz Szubert, 27 April 2020, 11:25

Several scenes that will almost certainly appear in the full version of The Last of Us: Part II have just surfaced on the web. They may reveal quite important details related to the story told in the latest work of Naughty Dog. Watch out for spoilers on the Internet.

Conrad Hazi, 05 April 2020, 21:03

The devs of The Last of Us: Part 2 admitted that they do not intend to publish a demo in the near future. As they explain, developing a demo now would be an unnecessary waste of resources and could have a negative impact on the final version of the game.

Konrad Serafinski, 04 April 2020, 13:32

Two short excerpts from The Last of Us: Part II have been leaked to the Internet. Although they aren't on the official PlayStation channel, we can rather assume that these scenes will appear in the game.

Adrian Werner, 03 April 2020, 12:27

Naughty Dog released a large set of new screenshots from The Last of Us: Part II. They should alleviate the feeling of disappointment that was triggered yesterday's report of another, this time indefinite, delay in the game's release.

Paul Wozniak, 02 April 2020, 21:00

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the leaunch of The Last of Us: Part II has been once again delayed. The creators made this decision because they wanted every player to be able to play the game at the same time, which could be difficult due to the logistical problems that exist under current conditions.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 March 2020, 17:28

Another former employee of Naughty Dog spoke about working conditions in the studio. According to Jonathan Cooper, the company has many talented but inexperienced creators, which causes delays in production and crunch. He also claims that the success of the team is primarily due to Sony funding.

Paul Wozniak, 12 March 2020, 23:34

Jason Schreier's latest text reveals that the development of the second installment of The Last of Us was burdened with a considerable crunch among Naughty Dog employees. A similar situation took place during work on previous projects of this studio.

Adrian Werner, 12 March 2020, 12:52

We learned that the production of the TV adaptation of the The Last of Us will only start after the work on The Last of Us: Part II is finished. Moreover, the music for the series will be composed by the creator of the game soundtrack.

Christian Pieniazek, 05 March 2020, 20:02

The Last of Us will be the result of collaboration between HBO, Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions. Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog and Craig Mazin, known for his well received Chernobyl, will be responsible for its script.

Peter Doron, 20 February 2020, 11:33

Sony resigned from the PAX East event. This means that there will be no special preview of the playable version of The Last of Us 2. The reason for the decision is the fear of the coronavirus.

Christian Pieniazek, 11 February 2020, 22:15

Naughty Dog has released for free a dynamic theme from The Last of Us: Part II, to be used in the menu of the PlayStation 4 console. In addition, the devs give us two wallpapers from this production and encourage us to order the main character's figure created in collaboration with Dark Horse.

Bart Swiatek, 03 February 2020, 13:12

Naughty Dog's highly-anticipated action-adventure game Last of Us: Part II was awarded the Mature (17+) age rating by the ESRB. There will be violence in the game, as well as, which is new for this developer, nudity and sex scenes.

Agnes Adamus, 24 January 2020, 21:06

A footage from the animated adaptation of The Last of Us have been uploaded to the web. This short animation was supposed to be a link between the two games of the series. However, Sony decided to abandon the project.

Bart Swiatek, 20 January 2020, 13:46

Naughty Dog is looking for a graphic programmer who has knowledge about DirectX 12 and Vulkan interfaces, as well as graphics cards created by AMD and Nvidia. It is not known what project the person would be working on.

Bart Swiatek, 16 December 2019, 11:13

Neil Druckmann, Vice-President of Naughty Dog, said on Twitter that The Last of Us: Part II will contain more than a few references to the first part of the cycle.

Milosz Szubert, 22 November 2019, 12:34

New concept graphics from The Last of Us: Part II, the sequel to the popular 2013 action game from Naughty Dog, have appeared online. The title will debut on May 29, 2019 on PlayStation 4 only.

Christian Pieniazek, 24 October 2019, 23:32

The Last of Us: Part II is due to debut on February 21, 2020. Kotaku's Jason Schreier claims, however, that the latest work of Naughty Dog studio will suffer a delay - fortunately not a big one.

Christian Pieniazek, 14 October 2019, 11:51

On the tenth birthday of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves we learned the impressive sales results of other productions from Naughty Dog. Although The Last of Us is the leader in the scoreboard, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is nippinh on its heels.

Konrad Serafinski, 03 October 2019, 10:54

Naughty Dog has accustomed players to high level of detail in their games. In The Last of Us: Part II, each character will have a beating heart that will affect their behavior.

Bart Swiatek, 01 October 2019, 18:05

On the Digital Foundry channel on YouTube there was a technological analysis of a gameplay fragment from The Last of Us: Part II. Among other things, we learned about the likely resolution and fps in the new production of Naughty Dog.

Agnes Adamus, 30 September 2019, 22:29

Naughty Dog has ambitious plans for The Last of Us Part 2. According to the creators, we will need much more time to complete the title than in the case of other titles from the studio.

Konrad Serafinski, 30 September 2019, 14:40

Adam J. Middleton, a conceptual artist from Weta Workshop, has created graphics presenting the characters from The Last of Us: Part II in LEGO version. The fans would give a lot to make this vision come true.

Konrad Serafinski, 29 September 2019, 18:27

One of the creators from Naughty Dog revealed that the team is working to improve the artificial intelligence of player companions in The Last of Us: Part II. No more buddies who were like air to our enemies.

Bart Swiatek, 27 September 2019, 14:08

Sony has published a material in which developers from Naughty Dog talk about their work on The Last of Us: Part II. The video has a hefty amount of gameplay fragments.